March Workbook #23 - Pantone Colors - CMYK TIFF - and more

[gwpriester]

I have dedicated this Workbook to some of the more frequently asked questions and some of the more misunderstood features such as Pantone colors.

Hope this helps.

Gary

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[amoore]

www.jawspdf.com

Ghostscript does work, although when I last tried it for pdf-ing, it produced larger files than either Jaws or Acro. (That was a few years ago, and there've been several upgrades since.) Ghostscript/Ghostview is free. One of the great techies in the Ventura newsgroup routinely uses Ghostscript. Has it set up so he can print to it directly, I think. He's a stickler for quality, so it must work well for him.

Ghostview is a GUI you can use with Ghostscript.It's not an editor in the sense that the Jaws Editor or Acro are. But it does have its uses. I generally use Ghostscript for testing problem pdfs and Postscript files.

Right now, I'm running an Adobe-free machine. Don't even have Reader installed. I'm using Jaws for all my pdf needs. The Jaws Editor is faster than the current version of Reader. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Acro does, but it has everything I need, and I don't pay time or money for features I don't use.

[gwpriester]

I have dedicated this Workbook to some of the more frequently asked questions and some of the more misunderstood features such as Pantone colors.

Hope this helps.

Gary

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[Albacore]

Good information is this workbook as always.

Can I ask Gary why the monthly workbook is always done as html format? Years ago it was a way of communicating with evryone but with the everending march of Adobe now everyone has PDF reader and your work might be safer.

Surely it would be much easier for you to produce it for the PDF format. I know you use a template and you have just got to stick it in but it takes time (it certainly does for me). You will say I have got to produce it for the Xone page so why not but you could just upload the PDF file to the server with one index page either to view it by PDF or download the Zip version.

I do not want to start waves here, because I hold your work in the highest respect, it is just a thought to make it easier for you.

[RAMWolff44]

I'm with Mags.............. THANK YOU!

and Su too!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Richard http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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[OklaEd]

Hi Gary,

Very nice workbook ... thank you http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I too would prefer the .pdf format. That way I could keep all of the workbooks in one directory, burn them to a CD for safekeeping, and print them out whenever needed.

As it is ... the zip file contains 53 separate files which must be kept in one directory per workbook.

Either way you go ... I'm just glad to have them http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

-Ed.

[Christine Farrelly]

Re - the PDF option.

You could still create and publish as web files but use Acrobat to import the Web files and convert them to PDF. Then post a link to the PDF as you do to the ZIP file. The best of all worlds. Keeps everybody happy.

Christine

[gwpriester]

Allison

Do you have a link for Jaws?

I know Jens likes to use Ghost Script. I'm sure there are others.

Gary

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[gwpriester]

PDF?

It is not that hard for me to do. It just involves an extra step. I create the all the sites in NetObjects Fusion, a web authoring application that outputs an HTML page. This way I can publish the site to the web for people who want to go through the tutorial on-line or download the HTML file to display in their browser.

The new version of Acrobat, makes it pretty easy to point to an entire website and convert it to a PDF file. I'm just not that sure that there is much advantage to the PDF file for what it is I am doing.

And to switch programs to, say, Adobe In-Design, and create the document that way would require a bit of learning curve time and changing the habits of 8 or 9 years. :-o Although I am sure that once I got the knack of it...

What does everyone else think?

Gary

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[gwpriester]

Mags

The best format for a logo is EPS unless you are using a lot of bitmap effects.

Reason is scalability. If you logo is all vector images it will scale up or down and still be sharp. And as logos need to be many sizes...

Gary

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